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First French language newspaper published in Boston.

Issued also in Salem, Mass. by Dabney & Cushing; in New York by Thomas Greenleaf and John Fenno; and in Philadelphia by Mathew Carey.

Printed in the French language, its chief functions were to further understanding and friendship between the French and American people and to print a digest of domestic and foreign news. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.